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Show MINING INDUSTRY IN WEST SUBJECT OF . CONFERENCE Fifteen Hundred Delegates to Discus Vital Questions Ques-tions of Development PORTIJkXn. Or. Marrh 14 Vllal qurallon llralini with th dvU.pmnl of Ih minlnc Industry In Ih Wr.t will b dlaruaad br ripna at Ih third annual International Minlnc rnnffrr. lo b held har April t Is t. Kmphuli will li laid on Ih prartloal rommrr rial prolrlrm. ralhrr than on technical maliera rrlxtlns lo th induairy. Ahoul UOO dalrcalra r ripartMl. and In addition to th proaram Inrlud-ln Inrlud-ln addrr.aa by man prominrnl In th mining; world, lh.ro will b a lanr l-poalilon l-poalilon with diaplaya of minlnc roulp-iw.nl roulp-iw.nl and ona. A vparial Inral commit com-mit l.. haa bran planning nirtalnmrnl for th vlaiiora and lhr will b tour, of tha harbor, ahowlnc facllltlra for handllnv or at Ih municipal terminal, and a trip nn tha t'nlumbia hlrhwar.' terminating- in reindeer baaberu. The convention will be opened April 1 1 by Harry M Parks, chairman of th executive commute. nd there will be address of a elcome by Onvernor lien V. olcolt and Msynr l:or T lisker. with responses from mlnine men from th Western slates, Alaska and British Columbia. TALK ABOUT COAL. Foal will be the topic of the aea-alona aea-alona of April 4. eorge W. Kvana of rla-allle. Iean F- J. Itebrork of tha I'nl-veraity I'nl-veraity of North Dakota and other es-perte es-perte will talk on tha subject, and special spe-cial attention will be given low carbonisation carbon-isation of coal and Ita commercial poa-Sibllltlea. poa-Sibllltlea. President Fdwln l.udlow. New York. Who succeeded Herbert Hoover as prea Idem of the American Institute of Miring Mi-ring and Metallurgical Kngincr. and Itradley Htoughton. pecrelary of the Institute, In-stitute, are among the speakera Hated on Ih convention prog rum. Htough-ton Htough-ton will give atiggeationa on fuela for ateel Industrlea of the Weat. William Hloan, minister of mlnea of Flritiah Folumbla. wilt talk on' the mining in-duatry in-duatry of Itrltlsh Columbia, and ha may be accompanied by hta six aaalst-ant aaalst-ant engineers. Hidney Norman, editor of a mining publication of Hpokane, former mining operator, will dlacusa federal regulation of corporations. iov-ernor iov-ernor Km met I). Ilovla of Nevada, la ex parted to enter Into diaruaalona of mining queationa. Itobert N. Bell of Holae, Ida., will talk on the phosphate rock Industrv and T. A. !l kurd alitor if a Han IYmih iaco mining Journal, will talk on "iToapector, Faat and Fu-; Fu-; lure." TO DISCUSS RATES. Mineral tariff and freight ratea will, be diacuaaed 'April I. Htanley hatnn and Frank M. Hmtth of Coeur d'Alcna. Ida-, are on the prorram in that connection con-nection and Floyd Faraona. writer, may be Included. i. old, with problems concerning price fixing and tha high coat of production and incnlenu.1 queationa. will alao be dlacuaaed April H. Fletcher Hamilton of Him FTinclwo. Cal., preaident of the American Mining congress, will tit Ik on thia subject. An lntereating feature of tha convention con-vention will be cnnaideratlon of Alaa kii'a miu'mr problem a. M. l. Ieehy of Heollle will diacuaa "Aluaka'a Iegia-lt Iegia-lt Ive Rcquireuiet.ts.1 Falcon Joalyn of Heal tie will talk on "Pant and Future Fu-ture of A'ahka," giving special attention atten-tion to th question of capital aa the prime neceaaity for Alaska's development, develop-ment, (jeorge Haaelet of Cordova, Alaska, will talk on 'Alaaka From tha Prospector's Htandpolnt " The entire day of April will be de-vo'ed de-vo'ed to s'ghteelng and the harhecne. |